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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04
BIZ the Governor.
A PROCLAMATION
tuesday, the Tenth Day of May,
ARBOR DAY FOR THEYEAR 1873

And I especially invoke public attention to the
great results which Will grow from q small expendi-
ture Of time and labor devoted to the planting Of
trees. shrubs and vines; adjoining the public and
private grounds and ways, thereby cenferring a
benaft on the community, and adding wealth and
beauty 10 our homes and State, and furnishing com
Portable shade 10 succeeding generations.
recommend to the officials and teachers Of our
public schools. well 20 all citizens OF the state
that the day be devoted to such teachings, pFacica
illustrations, tree planting and instructive ceremo-
MES viii tend TO cultivate the hearts, elevate the
tastes. and train the hands as well educate the
minds Of their pupils and Of the people. and TO so
improve the time In sJch other efforts and under.
takings ~ shall be In harmony with the general
character Of u day established.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta, this
eleventh day Of April In the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven. and
OF the independence Of the United States Of
America the one hundred and eleventh.
JOSEPH IL. BODWELL.
BY the Governor
ORAMANDAL SMITH. Secretary Of State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

Ell and the peculiar circumstances of the
times, there is certainly call for the
solution of the problem-how shall men
secure good homes.
The solution seems to lie in the
formation and operation OF Building
Loan Associations. These associations
are not experimental. They have for
more than forty years, been in sue
cessful operation in some OF the largest
cities in the United States. Neither are
they charitable, for they are conducted
npon sound business principles. They
are cooperative and have every element
of merit. They are incorporated under
the laws Of the State and offer peculiar
facilities. All the conveniences and adj
vantages afforded by banking institutions
are included but with greater safety to
and with higher rates OF interest on, the
deposits they enable members to borrow
money at lower rates Of interest and on
far more favorable terms than banks.
ne llDUtS VI hlS N1boA
whether the one may have more
shares than the other or not. To pre-
vent any depositor or share holder from
gaining any advantage, the number OF
shares to be held by each member is
limited. By the frequent issue Of shares,
money can be deposited or withdrawn at
any time. Thus to persons DESTROYS OF
saving small sums Of money from their
wages and of investing the same where
the largest profit consistent with safety
can be secured, these associations offer
inducements unequalled by any other
financial institutions. Again, to all men
with small incomes who are DESTROYS TO
relieve themselves of rent, these associa-
tons offer the surest, easiest. cheapest
and best method by which they can in a
few years own their own houses, at a cost
per annum of little more than the cost OF
rent. No other plan has been devised
which can assist those laboring under the
disadvantages of the present time. That
the benefits conferred by these associa-
tons are appreciated, is attested by the
fact. that very many have been and are
constantly being formed. The live cities
and villages Of Maine have these insttu
tons in successful operation and the re-
suits so far have been very beneficial.
The labOrers of TODAY surely can by
little economy own their own homes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

Mrs Norton was we'll known in this county
having long been engaged in business here,
the success of which was due 10 her long
and untiring devotion to it, and her estat-
lished reputation for honesty and integrity, a
more conspicuous example of Viii n it would
he dficnlt to find in any community. She
was helpful member of the christian church
and ever ready with heart, hand and purse IN
the work of elevsting the morals Of the So
ciety in which she lived. She lesves voung
daughter, and will long be mourned by a
large circle of rei..ivas and fiji d.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04
Building and Loan Associations

There is perhaps no other country
where so many men own the homes in
which they live. Especially is this the
case with the wage Garner. In a great
measure. the advantageous laws affecting
labor, which have been wisely enacted
and enforced by our general government,
have had. in the past. much to do with
bringing about this result. Yet all our
working-men have not been fortunate in
this respect. Causes over which any
government has no control have gradually
lessened the ability OF the laborer, in so
short a time and in so easy a manner as
formerly. to accumulate a sufficient sur
plus to enable him to own home. Wages
have decreased in twenty years fifty per
cent; savings banks afford smaller rate
of interest than was formerly offered; in-
cenuves to economy are fewer. and the
once common exhibitions OF sacrifice are
rare. Since the prosperity of the genera
ton which succeeded under more favora
BILE conditions in securing homes. another
has grown up to take active part in our
mechanical and mercantile pursuits. Il
may be true that the cost of the actual
necessaries of life is pro rata to the stand
ard of wages when compared with that
of twenty years ago, but there certain J
exist new problems governed by the
present state OF affairs which are 10 be
solved by absolutely new methods. From
economical reasons alone new houses
must be built aud owned; for the rent
that man pays IN few years will ex
coed the average cost of a house which he
can rent. With low wages, without cap
ital, on account of the difficulties in oh
tanning money and the exoroitant rates OF
interest which are too frequently demand
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

THE SPEEDY RUDGE LEADS THEM ALL
John Dunton says :-"Although my so in. Rudge
Roadster cost me only sos il IL far superior to the
Exper: Columbia have previously ridden, and for
beauty and stability the so-caed roadsfers costing
Sl5 to e20 more, have business with it, II is the
easiest running and staunchest machine extant."
Catalogues sent tree upon application.
The Ridge wheel Agency, Augusta Me. Head.
quarters at the Novelty store Of G ,npett & Morse
NJ chimes always deliver, free of ~ press charges
apr13S WIN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

The Manchester Examiner, one of the
most influential journals in England. adj
vises all holders of Confederate bonds to
hold on to them I'm view of the rising
power OF the Democratic party in the
United States" The advice will doubt
less be followed Tor the good reason that
there is no inducement to let them 90.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

Germany ran behind Sl2, 300, 600 last
year. Austria-IIungaryh has standing def
cit OF $40, 2j0, 600. Russia is irving to fund
France tails to make both ends meet by
about $40 900, 900 each year, and Great
Britain manages by stopping payments on
its national debt to keep outgo and income
on an even keel The United States has
surplus of upwards of 800, 600, 900
each year and lays lighter taxes than any
of them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04
SDeci0I Advertisements.

Small advertisements. not exceeding three lines.
coming under the head Of WANTED, For SALE,
70 LET. LOST, SC, sriH be inserted here time
FOR rs cents, three times for 10 cents, and geek
fpr 90 cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04

Now il the time for the road surveyor
and street commissioner to make himself
usetul and cause people to rise up and
praise him foe his good works. The roads
were never in a worse condition than 1T
present. and they ought to be attended to
nj once. 1t Is high time that the Old
practice of putting of repairing the high
ways until the latter part of June were
aband ned. The first thing be dore af err
the snow leaves should be the repairing
of the roads. There is no economy and
no sense in putting off such needed re-
pairs. which are essential to business
transactions and the comfort and well
being of individuals and communities
Bring out the road machines and set them
at work as soon rs there is an opportuni-
ty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-04
JOSEPH IL. BODWELL

California merchants are ordering their
goods sent by water instead of rail, and
Southern steamers for the first time in two
years are carrying gunny bags to South
western farmers who have hitherto had to
take them by rail
The iull returns from Michigan make
the republican victory in that Safe more
significant than 1t was supposed to be at
first. The republican plurality on
supreme Judge tor the long term is l,70l,
aud all the republican Candidates have
over 80, 900 plurality.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26

Fish as brain food has so long been an
established end renovated theory that
Professor Atwater, who seems TO wholly
shatter the cherished belief in his disqui-
sition upon the subject in The Century,
will probably be regarded as O ruthless
iconoclast- Concluding his demonstra-
ton of the conclusion drawn, he says that
even if fish were richer in phosphorus
than meats or other food materials, this
would not establish its superiority for the
nutrition CT tho brain or the production
of intellectual energy. But there is no
proof of any especial abundance of phos-
phorus in fish. On the contrary, an ex-
tended series of analyses in this labora-
tory have revealed Proportions of phos-
phorus in the flesh of our ordinary food,
fishes differing in 10 important degree
from those which have been found to oc-
cur in the flesh OF the other animals used
for tho food of man.
Continuing he adds that "studies Of
the constitution of the flesh of fish in this
laboratory, referred to above, Us well as
similar investigations elsewhere, show
that, so far as the nutritive qualities are
concerned, the only considerable differ
ence between fish and ordinary meats is
in the proportion Of oily and fatty matters
and water. Tho flesh of the fish has
water where meatS have fat. New
York Market Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
Work In the Dog Days.

1t is fact worth noting in this weather
that we do the hardest part Of our day s
work in the hottest part of the day. From
noon until 3 O'Clock, wheE the heat is
most fierce, trade is also fiercest and live
lest. People who live in tropical coun-
tries are wiser than we. They go towork
at O'Clock on light stomach slayer Of
coffee and toast. and by III lave the hard
est part of the days work done. They
breakfast about noon and shut up shop
till the heat of the day Is over. Then
they open again for any casual trade that
may come along; but the heaviest part
of tire business is done in the morning.
1t is proverbially difficult to teach an old
dog new tricks, and New York is never
likely to change its business habits for a
few weeks in midsummer But there are
pleclty of people who control their own
hours of labor who might find the tropi-
cad experiment worth trying. 1t is said
in Paris that the serious business of the
day is done between and II in the
mornings. After the latter hour the
town begins to take it's case. This rule
holds good the year round. In London
they carry things moro ON the red hot
American plan, but even there they con-
trive them better in thedoS days than we
do, and are mono the poorer or less sue
cessful for it.--Alfred Trnmblc in New
York News
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
lDoa;ing with Garfield.

A grizzled. weary looking toiler of the
towpath sat in Superintendent McKenna' s
office the other afternoon. He had Just
como down from the west, and found
himself compelled temporarily to give up
work on account OF o sore foot, which
left him almost unable to walk. To q
reporter he told how, when he was boy
Of 10 and the lmented James A. Garfield
was . youth of 10, they plodded side by
side along the Wabash canal and slept in
tho same bunk, both being employed on
the boat Reaper Willard.
The boatman's name is George Nc
Auley. Hetold low studioUsly young Car
field was even ct that early day.. and how,
even when seated astridc Of horse, he
always was porting over book. He was
q general favorite all along the canal,
said McAuley, as he was invariably
courteous and never used coarse or an
unlSind word to any one. He was paid
$40 month, which was considered large
wages in those days. For two summers
he followed the canal, and McAuley saw
him no more until the war broke out and
he joined the army, when one day, as he
was doing picket duty, Garfield, who was
then wearing generals uniform, ap-
preached him and recognized in him the
companion of his humble days. Soon
after McAuley was taken prisoner and
sent to Libby prison, and after his re-
lease took up his old life on the canal.
He never saw Garfield again.-Albany
Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26

according to q report'of Consul Burch-
ANIL, of Ruatan, in Honduras, the pita
plant has never been cultivated, but
grows wild III patches on the borders of
rivers and lagoons The stalks OF the
plant contain the fiber of commerce, and
grow sometimes to height Of twelve
feet. The Indians scrape off the hard
skin Of the stalk with bamboo knife,
and thus obtain the tibers which form the
heart OF the stalk. Another plan ia to
steep the stalks in water until the skin
'decomposes; but this is said to injlne the
fiber somewhat.
In recent years machines have been
devised to decorticate the fiber, but these
have all been failures, owing to the fact
that 10 machine mas yet been invented
capable of operating on profitable scale.
In Honduras the pita or ''silk grass
fiber is used chiefly for thread, nets, fish
line and cordage. Samples of the fiber
sent to the United States and Europe
have been manufactured into lace hand
kerchiefs, ribbons and wigs. 1t is held
to be a substitute for silk or linen; and if
proper machinery were forthcoming, the
wild pita fields of Honduras might be
utilized in commerce. Consul Burchard
indeed expresses the opinion that the
fiber is destined to become a very inn
portant clement in the future commerce
and industry of this country.-Scientific
American.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26

People talk about the mi.,. winters
here, and the thermometer confirms their
statements, for the mercury rarely sinks
below the freezing point. However. in
these matters one prefers to trust to his
feelings, and can state positively from
experience that Paris winter to stu
dent in ono of these old hotels is q very
serious matter. 1t is simply continual
abomination of three months duration.
The dampness pehetrates to the very
bones, and what is worse than all, you
never get thoroughly warmed. They
consider room hot at 60 degrees, and
so degrees is not uncommon. The result
10 that you are chilled in going out, and
SO feel thecold much moro keenly. You
naturally try to get your room warmer,
but you can't do it. The more coal you
put in CRATE the moro tho heat flies up
the chimney.
The fact is the houses in the old por-
tions of the city ere not made ct I'll for
comfort. They are simply places to ect
in and sleep in, and then to get out of cs
soon as possible. They are not homes ct
all. The French Cont have any homes.
and they don't want any. The cafes are
good enough for them, or tho theatres or
balls or anything ct all outside. Tho re-
suit is that they have built tho most
splendid and beautiful city that the world
can show, when you look only at the
outside, but they have left the inside, the
particular place where an American
wants to live comfortably, ct least hum
dred years behind the times. New York
Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
At the MIL i'm india.

The Indian method of grinding carries
one back to the Bible. remember when
/ was a little boy being very much puz-
zled with the saying, 1.-Two women wers
grinding at mill; the .one shall be taken
and the other left My ideas of mills
were confined To wind mills and water
mills, and in neither case could l under
stand what functions 1.-TWO women" Were
required to perform. But single visit
to an Indian blzar will probably make
the parable clear, f@ the visitor can
scarcely fail to see several sets of women
at work, sitting in an open shop or by
the street. The instrument employed
consists of two small mill stones. In the
upper one, toward the edge of it, is fixed
an upright stick about "a foot long. The
two women sit on opposite sides of the
stones, each grasping the upright stick
with one hand, and working together
they turn the stone, just as two men
sometimes work together on q windlass.
With their free hands they feed in the
corn, and the flour, Us it is thrown out
by the stones, spreads out on the floor
beside them.--Harold Cox.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
CONFUSION IN THE DESK.
How IL lay En- lily BE Avoided by 1
Very simple Arrangements.

How IL lay En- lily lie Avoided by u
Very simple Arrangements.
The confusion of an ordinary desk
drawer without partitions is not condu-
Give to the belief that It's owner has q
place for everything and keeps everything
in its place, for unless the drawer is
packed full things won't ''stay put" A
carpenter can remedy the difficulty ct
some trouble and expense, but unless the
owner cares for the looks CT tho drawer
he can with slight bother and 10 expense
quickly fix it for himself An old en-
velope box or two will furnish all the
material; stout pair Of shears and q
mucilagc pot will be the only tools ncces-
sary. If the depth Of the drawer is less
than that of tho box, cut off the raste-
board sides to fit. Then put mucilage
freely on the bottom of the boz, and its
sides that are to come next tho wood.
Place it in the drawer and weight it till
the muciage is dry.
If the box is too large, cut Off IS much
OF the bottom and one side as desired I;
bend the other side and end to stick to
the side Of the drawer what laps over
Small compartments for the ink bottle
and the mucilage pot can be made with
the corners of another box, enough of the
pasteboard sides being used to bend for
the other two walls of the compartment
not made by the original corner. A mar
row strip Of odd leather tackled to the side
of the drawer will serve to hold the ink
eraser, the stylographic pen filler and
other short articles. OF course, glue is
better than mucilage for fastening the
pasteboard to the wood, but mucilage
will serve
AN this is very simple, to bo sure, but
you viii be surprised to find what con-
venience it will be if you have only flat
topped desk and cannot leave your writ
ing tools on it with safety~-'R. L." in
The Writer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
In High Organ Lofts.

am at loss to know why choir raj
leries arc built above the audience seats.
Two reasons should think would oper.
ate to make the reverse true. The air is
worse the nearer you get to the ceiling,
and sound goes up rather than down.
Especially do I wonder of it in Catholic
churches, where the singing is such a
prominent feature. Why all churches
want to have their singers get the bad
air is something cannot understand. It
is really painful to sit in the high organ
lofts in the hot, breathed air sent up by
the audience, and when it comes to sing
ing, why it is like trying to lift yourself
by your bootstraps-you'vc nothing to
work on. 1 am surprised that the sing
crs do not take q more active interest in
this matter and agitate for reform.
Musician" in Globe Democrat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
Army Pigeon Lofts.

The militarists of Europe have new
fad. Having exhausted their ingenuity
increasing the size of guns for naval and
land siege purposes, and having per-
fected the field telegraph and field hospi-
tai. service, no army in Europe is now
considered to be in proper condition to
take the field without an abundant sup
ply of pigeons The pigeon loft is part
of the regular paraphcrnalia of every
German garrison now; the French APP
propriate large amounts annually for the
birds, and every government in Europe
Is in tho race to secure the best carrier
pigeon service. The French, indeed, at
the siege of Paris utilized the birds con-
tinually, and quite long dispatches, COM
pressed into q small space by photograph
ic reduction, were sent, one bird carry
ing during the siege as many as 40, 600
messages safely. As the pigeons average
forty TO forty five miles an hour, it is APP
parent that they arc of greater service
than balloons, since they possess the
quality of dirigibility Chicago Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
The Lobster,s Claw.

When the lobster was given to me he
was without his left big claw, which
had, suppose, been accidentally
wrenched off by his original captor.
The stump very quickly healed up, n
hard calcareous seal incrusting the end
of the joint. To my establishment,
when the lobster worked himself out Of
his old shell he appeared with rudimcn-
tary left claw which had evidently
formed behind tho shield. This claw
grew even more rapidly than the rest Of
the body; and by the time the new shell
was hard, the new claw, though still dis
proportionate, was of very serviceable
dimensions. do not believe that the
loss of claw is matter of much more
moment to a lobster than it is to crab.
Sometimes, indeed, both Holsters and
crabs appear to dismember themselves
voluntarily. have known lobster to
get one of his paws hopelessly wedged in
between the withes of lobster pot and
leave it there in the most nonchalant
manner imaginable. James Gazette.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-26
Costly billet Dnux.

The tariff in this country in 1897 for
conveyance of any single sheet letter,
however light or heavy, over 100 miles
was 18 ga cents, over 400 miles was 25
cents; and for every sheet or scrap of
paper added to a single sheet, double
postage. Billet doux were costly affairs
then; if written daily they counted up
fast. 1t should be added, however, that
the young ladies did not have the worst
of it, for custom made it the duty, and
of course gallantry made it the privilege
and pleasure of the young gentlemen to
pay the postage at both ends Further
more, both sexes wrote less frequently
and avenged themselves by writing on
very generous, sometimes on what were
called mammoth +" sheets. - Chicago
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